What if faith wasn’t just blind trust in something? What if it wasn’t just hollow assumption? What if it wasn’t just taking someone at their word, keeping your fingers crossed on whether or not they’ll actually come through on their promise? Well actually, it’s not!
Hebrews 11:1 tells us that, “faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Faith takes empty hope and gives it substance. It is not blind assumption of something, but rather evidence for it. Often we may feel as if we are on trial for our beliefs; with the world around us, or even our own doubt, prosecuting, and with our ‘mere faith’ put forth as an argument against us; but in this light, it becomes evidence for us. A defense attorney often may have to search and search for evidence, but in this case, it is offered freely to us as a gift! For many, however, that is the problem.
